Top 10 Best Amazon Black Friday 2016 Tablet Sales

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As with laptops, Black Friday is a fantastic time to scope out some savings on a tablet. It’s one of those items that’s usually just a few dollars out of reach and might not be strictly necessary. When they’re on sale, that’s what makes them a great Christmas gift, since you can buy something for your loved ones they might not ever get around to buying for themselves.

While shopping for others is almost certainly on your mind today, some of these prices are low enough that you might just consider picking up one for yourself, too. The tablets on sale this year are heavily focused on Amazon’s own devices, with a few other deals thrown in to mix it up. If you’ve been waiting to buy a Kindle, we’ve included the various deals on the e-reader in this post, as well.

Update, 9:45a Pacific: We discovered a few more great sales today, so we’ve expanded our list to ten. Here are a few others to check out in addition to the ones on our list below. We’ll continue adding to this today.

For those on the hunt for a cheap tablet, here are the top ten best Amazon Black Friday tablet sales.

1. $16.66 Off Amazon Fire 7-Inch Tablet

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You’ll want to pick up the case we mentioned above with the savings from this sale today. Normally $49.99, Amazon has knocked one third of the price off their smaller tablet offering. This Fire runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and has 8GB of storage, which is expandable using a microSD card up to 200GB. Battery life on the 7-inch is up to seven hours. Even if you opted for the 16GB version, you’re still saving $16.66 or 24 percent off the price of that one. Same deal applies to the version of the device without Amazon ads, which means you can get the 8GB for under $50, normally $64.99. Available colors are black, blue, magenta, and tangerine.

There are a couple of other deals on the 7-inch today, too. The Fire Essentials Bundle is on sale, and comes with the tablet, a cover, and a Nupro screen protector. Bought in this bundle, you save $15 off purchasing them separately, for a total price of $51.31.

2. 13 Percent Off the nabi Big Tab HD 20-Inch Tablet

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Speaking of products for kids, this enormous tablet is meant as a family-focused device, with a 19.5-inch screen everyone can gather around. Built on Android, the nabi Blue Morpho OS is packed with games and other apps to entertain children and adults alike. Because it’s so large, it can function essentially as a digital game board, which could update your family game night in a big way. To get something even close to this large, you’d have to go for the Samsung Galaxy View 18.4-inch, which is both smaller and a lot more expensive (but also on sale today).

3. $30 Off Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet

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As with the 7 above, the Fire 8 is also 33 percent off today, priced at $59.99 for a 16GB with ads. The rest of the range is exactly $30 off each, which means even the 32GB, ad-free version is only a touch over $100. No matter which you choose, you get twice the storage of the 7 with 50 percent more RAM for faster performance. The 1.3GHz quad-core processor is the same, but battery life in the HD 8 is up to 12 hours.

The Fire HD 8 Essentials Bundle saves you even more than the Fire 7 bundle, including the tablet, cover, and screen protector for $25 less than buying separately.

No matter which you choose, be sure to pick up a microSD card to make sure whoever gets this will have plenty of storage space.

5. Up to 44 Percent Off Select Amazon Kindle E-Readers

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An e-reader is a tablet of a sort, with the focus entirely on giving you access to an entire library worth of books wherever you go. If you or someone you know has been waiting to grab a Kindle and read the 21st century way, this is an excellent opportunity. Throughout the range, there are steep discounts today. All Kindles boast extreme battery life and no screen glare whatsoever. They’re easy to read on for hours at a time and can hold thousands of books.

Here’s a list of all the sales:

New Kindle — $30 off, $49.99 with ads and $69.99 without ads, both wi-fi only

6. 34 Percent Off Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1-Inch

Update, 4:45p Pacific: 7-inch version back in stock, 40 percent sale still in effect.

Update, 2:20p Pacific: Looks like the 7-inch version is out of stock at this time. Stick with the 10-inch, or go for the E Lite we included at item number 10.

You can save over $100 on this industry-standard Samsung unit. It features a 1.6GHz octa-core processor, 16GB of storage, 2GB of RAM, and ships with Android Marshmallow. The bundle with a 64GB microSD card is also a pretty great deal today. You could also opt for the 7-inch Tab A, which is 40 percent off, saving you $60 and dropping the price below $100.

7. 27 Percent Off iRULU 8-Inch Windows 10 Tablet

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In the market for a Windows 10 laptop and only have $100 to spend? This is the option for you. Coming in at a savings of $32, this eight-inch tablet features an Intel Baytrail processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 128GB. A lightweight machine that would be perfect for getting into tablet computing.

8. 27 Percent Off Fusion5 8-Inch Windows 10 Tablet

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Shipping with better cameras, double the RAM, and a faster, 1.83GHz quad-core processor than the iRULU above, this Fusion5 is on sale for $40 off today. That puts the price just a touch over $100, but even compared to the Samsung, this could be a steal, depending on what OS you were hoping to get. This one ships with Windows 10 and has a battery life of about six hours.

Modeled more after the Surface Book — which we included in our Black Friday laptop sales post — than a traditional tablet, this is a fantastic deal no matter how you cut it. This price is nearly half the normal list price, which is less than half the price of the Surface Book’s sale price today. It’s packed with a 1.2GHz Intel M7 dual-core processor, 256GB of storage, 8GB of RAM, with a battery that will run up to nine hours. This is a fairly serious machine worth a look.

10. 43 Percent Off Samsung Galaxy Tab E Lite 7-Inch

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The baby brother to the Tab A above, this bonafide Samsung tablet bests even the iRULU price for a solid starter tablet today. This little guy will run for up to seven hours on a charge, powered by a 1.3GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and with 8GB of storage. With the addition of a microSD card, storage is expandable up to 32GB. This is a very sweet deal and would make a great gift. Available in your choice of black or white.

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